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Family Rhopalidae - Scentless Plant Bugs

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Classification
KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
PhylumArthropoda (Arthropods)
SubphylumHexapoda (Hexapods)
ClassInsecta (Insects)
OrderHemiptera (True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies)
SuborderHeteroptera (True Bugs)
InfraorderPentatomomorpha
SuperfamilyCoreoidea (Leatherbugs)
FamilyRhopalidae (Scentless Plant Bugs)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
'Corizidae'
Explanation of Names
Rhopalidae Amyot & Serville 1843
common name refers to the reduced scent gland opening(1)
Numbers
2 subfamilies, with ~40 spp. in 10 genera in our area(2) and >200 spp. in ~20 genera worldwide(1)
Overview of our fauna (classification follows(3))
Family Rhopalidae
SubfamilyRhopalinae
Tribe*Chorosomatini*Chorosoma (not yet in the guide; link to photos of an extralimital sp.)
Size
4‒15+ mm(1)
Identification
No scent glands; membrane with many veins(4)
Keys: eastern spp.(5) • Florida spp. and most NA genera(6)
Range
much of the world, incl. our area(3)
Food
seeds of herbaceous plants, but some are arboreal(7)(8)
See Also
some members of Coreidae and Lygaeoidea look similar, e.g.:
Works Cited
1.Biodiversity of the Heteroptera
Henry T.J. 2009. In: Foottit R.G., Adler P.H., eds. Insect biodiversity: Science and society. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell: 223−263.
2.The first Chorosoma (Hemiptera: Rhopalidae: Rhopalinae: Chorosomatini) from the New World: Chorosoma josifovi nov. sp.
Schwartz M.D., Schaefer C.W., Lattin J.D. 2008. pp. 339-348 in: Grozeva S., Simov N. (Eds) Advances in Heteroptera research... Pensoft Publishers, Sofia–Moscow.
3.Livermore L.J.R., Lemaître V.A., Dolling W.R., Webb M.D. Coreoidea species file online. Version 5.0
4.American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico
Ross H. Arnett. 2000. CRC Press.
5.Rhopalus (Brachycarenus) tigrinus, recently established in North America, with a key to the genera and species of Rhopalidae...
Hoebeke E.R., Wheeler A.G., Jr. 1982. Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash. 84: 213‒224.
6.Steill J., Meyer J. (2003) The Rhopalidae of Florida
7.Borror and DeLong's Introduction to the Study of Insects
Norman F. Johnson, Charles A. Triplehorn. 2004. Brooks Cole.
8.Bugs of the World
George C. McGavin. 1999. Blandford Press.
Contributed byCotinis on 3 May, 2004 - 9:43am
Additional contributions byRobin McLeod,Boris Bueche,v belov
Last updated 25 April, 2024 - 5:31pm

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